Sponsored by Reps. Becker, Lynch, Stebelton, et al., HB269 requires voters to show photo identification for in-person voting. The bill revises Ohio law concerning the identification an elector must provide in order to cast absent voter’s ballots, to vote in person at a polling place, or to cast a provisional ballot. Acceptable forms of identification listed under HB269 include a driver’s license, passport, or a state or military ID card.

Sponsored by Reps. Warren, Murry, T. Moore, et al., and signed into law in 2013 by Gov. Pat McCrory, HB589 establishes the “Voter Information Verification Act” to provide photo identification before voting to protect the right of each registered voter to cast a secure vote with security measures that confirm voter identity. The law requires voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls and reduces the early voting from 17 to 10 days. HB589 also eliminates same-day voter registration.

Authored by Sen. Troy Fraser, and signed into law in 2011 by Gov. Rick Perry, SB14 amends the Election Code of Texas to require a voter to present to an election officer at the polling place a state-approved form of photo identification. Despite the Obama administration’s politically-motivated 2012 suspension of the Texas law under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, SB14 went into effect in June 2013 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sponsored by Sen. King, and passed into law by an override of Governor Beebe’s veto, SB2 (Act No. 595) requires voters to provide proof of identity when voting. SB2 mandates that voters use an acceptable form form of photo identification when going to the polls, such as a voter identification card or some other document that includes a name and photo and is issued by the U.S., the state or an accredited college or university.

Sponsored by Sen. Obenshain, and signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell, SB1256 requires photo ID at the polls by eliminating all forms of identification that do not contain a photograph of the voter from the list of forms of identification any one of which a voter must present in order to be allowed to vote.

Sponsored by Reps. Duggar and Cox, HB48 and HJR5 call on Missourians to vote for a constitutional amendment requiring secure and fair elections through the use of photo voter ID. HJR5 states, “A person seeking to vote in person in public elections may be required by general law to identify himself or herself and verify his or her qualifications as a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of the state of Missouri by providing election officials with a form of identification, which may include requiring valid government issued photo identification.” If approved by the legislature, the ballot measure would be scheduled for a statewide vote in November 2014.

Sponsored by Sens. Carrico and Ruff, SB723 would ensure fair and clean elections by allocating Virginia’s electoral votes by congressional district, instead of the current “winner takes all” popular vote system that allows highly populated cities to determine elections for the entire state. Similar to the systems of Nebraska and Maine, under a distribution of electoral votes by district, receipt by a slate of presidential electors of the highest number of votes in a congressional district constitutes the election of the congressional district elector of that slate. Receipt by a slate of electors of the highest number of votes in a majority of congressional districts constitutes the election of the two at-large electors of that slate.

Sponsored by Sen. Hansen, and signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2012, SB0810 (Public Act No. 523) requires Michigan voters to sign a ballot application affirming U.S. citizenship before receiving a ballot.

Sponsored by State Senator Joey Fillingane and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, and enacted by the voters of Mississippi in November 2011, Initiative No. 27 amended the Mississippi Constitution to require voters to submit a government issued photo identification before being allowed to vote. Any voter lacking government issued photo identification may obtain photo identification without charge from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. In 2012, the Mississippi legislature, sponsor Rep. Bill Denny, and Gov. Phil Bryant activated the state’s voter ID law by passing HB921.

Sponsored by Rep Daryl Metcalfe and signed into law by Governor Tom Corbett, HB934 provides for requirements relating to voter identification; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter’s certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for approval of application for absentee ballot, etc.

Co-authored by Senate Majority Whip Brandt Hershman, and signed into law in 2005 by Gov. Mitch Daniels, SB 483 requires a precinct election officer to ask a voter to provide proof of identification before the voter is permitted to vote; provides that a proof of identification is a document issued by the United States or the state of Indiana that shows: (1) the name of the individual to whom the document was issued; and (2) a photograph of that individual.

Introduced by nearly 50 sponsors and signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback on April 18, 2011, the Kansas Secure and Fair Elections Act requires voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to show photo ID at the polls.